Pakistan
No let-up in US drone war in Pakistan
Monthly Archives: July 2009
US Predator strikes in Pakistan: Observations
A look at the trends in the US air campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Laying down the law: US tries to make policemen of the ‘robbers in uniform’
Pakistan
Seventeen Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed in Swat; the Taliban executed six tribesmen for supporting the government. Three soldiers and “dozens” of Taliban fighters were killed in Lower Dir. The government said it would fire Taliban-linked officials. The defense minister said Ajmal Kasab™s confession to carrying out the Mumbai assault is not legitimate.
Mali
Tuareg ex-rebels, who occupy the vast expanses of the Sahara desert, have agreed to join the Mali and Algerian governments in their fight against Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. A special unit of Taureg fighters from the Alliance for Democracy and Change (ADC) is being sent to tackle AQIM alongside government forces.
Philippines
A bomb blast at an outpost in Central Mindanao killed a soldier; 4 policemen were wounded in an ambush when they responded to the attack. A grenade was also thrown into a grocery store in Cotabato City, wounding 7 people. On Sunday, Philippine troops rescued 5 workers who were kidnapped last Wednesday by the Moro […]
Thailand
Gunmen killed a man in a drive-by shooting in Pattani province, a plantation owner in Yala province, and a shopowner in Narathiwat province. The government has accused the Muslim separatists of killing both non-Muslims and Muslims to increase tension in Thailand’s restive southern provinces.
Pakistan
Pakistan – South Punjab peaceful, terror threat exaggerated: IG
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Gates announces Army being increased by 22,000
India
Mohammad Ajmal Kasab pleaded guilty to conducting the November 2008 terror assault on the city of Mumbai. Kasab, who was charged with waging war against India, 86 counts of murder, and other offenses, is the only attacker to survive.
United States
Rabbis, imams visit US for dialogue
Indonesia
The explosives used in the July 17 suicide attacks in Jakarta are the same type used in the 2002 Bali bombings that were carried out by Jemaah Islamiyah. Police believe the two suicide bombers attended the Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school in central Java. The school was founded by Jemaah Islamiyah leader Abu Bakar Bashir and […]
Tajikistan
Five insurgents were killed in a shootout at a remote military checkpoint near the Afghan border of Tajikistan. The attackers had Russian citizenship. Two were from the “southern fringe,” most likely the Caucasus, where Russia’s active Islamist insurgency persists; the other three were a man from Tatarstan, an ethnic Kazakh, and an ethnic Russian.
Somalia
Two people were killed in Mogadishu after Shabaab attacked African Union forces. Eritrea™s president reportedly pressured Hizbul Islam leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys to help free the two captured French security officials. Shabaab shut down three UN aid agencies operating in Somalia.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two policemen in Mosul and two more in Ramadi, and a farmer in Jalawlaa. The Iranian-backed Special Groups conducted attacks against US forces in Karbala, Diwaniyah, and Nasariyah, but no casualties were reported.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Helicopter assault starts latest phase of attack on Taliban
Pakistan
Pakistan edges towards Waziristan Path to Salvation
Iran
The Iranian army arrested 36 officers who planned to attend a prayer sermon by former president Rafsanjani. Supreme Leader Khamenei urged caution in discussion of the political situation in Iran. Former president Khatami called for a referendum on the legitimacy of the elected government. Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said Iran’s nuclear facilities are being continuously examined by […]
Iran
Basiji militiaman: I married Iranian girls before their execution
Afghanistan
Pentagon Seeks to Overhaul Prisons in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 12 Afghan traders and seriously wounded four more in an IED attack in Farah province, and killed a British soldier in Helmand province. German troops accidentally killed two civilians in Kunduz province. A British Tornado fighter-bomber crashed at Kandahar Air Field; the crew safely ejected. US troops detained one Haqqani Network fighter […]
Afghanistan
New Zealand: Key indicates SAS will return to Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghan Villagers Attack Taliban
United Kingdom
British forces in Afghanistan: And the soldier home from the hill
Iraq
Tensions rise over US Iraq role
Afghanistan
Corporal Danger dodges Taliban fire to save wounded comrade
United States
Secretary of Defense Bob Gates said the US would not stomach a drawn-out conflict in Afghanistan. “After the Iraq experience, nobody is prepared to have a long slog where it is not apparent we are making headway,” Gates told The Los Angeles Times. “The troops are tired; the American people are pretty tired.”
Somalia
Renewed focus on foreign fighters and terrorist threats in Somalia
Pakistan
9/11, Mumbai plotters not in Pakistan: Foreign Office
Pakistan
Pakistan – Musharraf urges dialogue with Afghan Taliban